Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19549
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+ γλυκύτητα μέλιτος πῶς ἀπαγγείλω τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσιν:- (after the epigram)
 
+ ἀνὴρ σοφός τις ἐν παλαιτάτοις χρόνοις
τὴν ἡδονὴν μέλιτος ὡς ὑπὲρ λόγον
ἄφατον οὖσαν ἠπόρηκεν ἐκφράσαι·
τοῖς ἀνοηταίνουσιν ὡς μὴ εἰδόσι·
τοίνυν ἀκραιφνῶς ὡς ἅγαν ἀραρότως,
τὴν αὐτοϊσότητα κατίδοις φίλε,
τριττοῖς γε βίβλοις τοῖς σιβυλλείοις πλέον
τοῖς οὖσιν ὧδε σανίσιν εὐκοσμίαις:-
Type(s) [3288] Ἀνὴρ σοφός τις ἐν παλαιτάτοις χρόνοις (8 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1451-1475
Manuscript EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Σ.II.7 [1451-1475]
Place in Manuscript f. 1v
Person(s)
Scribe
Dionysios Sinates (15th c.) - RGK: III.177 - PLP: X.25389 (hieromonachos of the Theotokos Phaneromene Monastery < Chiliomodion < Corinthia < Peloponnesos < Greece, pneumatikos of the Theotokos Phaneromene Monastery < Chiliomodion < Corinthia < Peloponnesos < Greece)
Palaeographical information Written in red ink by the main hand.
Contextual information This epigram follows the table of contents and refers to the Sibylline oracles, contained also in this manuscript (ff. 285v-323v).
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Image source(s) https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15865#?xywh=-503%2C327%2C4682%2C2043&cv=16
Bibliography

Primary
Number of verses 8
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Julián Bértola, Rachele Ricceri, Paulien Lemay, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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